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Israel-Palestine-Gaza challenges, tragedies, and struggles for peace are at the heart of many discussions on Union’s campus. This context is the backdrop for many of our discussions about antisemitism and anti-Muslim hate. To become more informed on these issues, Union sponsored a small delegation of five of us to visit the region in October for

Beginning this fall, Union Theological Seminary is hosting Coming Home Program, a nationally recognized, trauma-informed reentry initiative founded by Dr. Dawn Ravella, Union adjunct faculty member, and offered through Communities for Healing & Justice (CHJ- chjharlem.org). The Coming Home Program brings together formerly incarcerated participants and community volunteers for weekly meals, restorative dialogue, and skill-building

Promoting faith-based solidarity in support of American democracy, this conversation on Capitol Hill was a collaboration between MPAC (Muslim Public Affairs Council), JCPA (Jewish Council for Public Affairs), Interfaith Alliance, and Union Theological Seminary. In rejection of any political rhetoric that attempts to divide and pit people of faith against each other, this event aims

When leaders from nearly every nation on Earth gathered in Belém, Brazil, for COP30, the global climate summit unfolded in a place where ecological urgency and moral responsibility meet: the Amazon. For Union alumna, faculty member, and Director of Union’s Center for Earth Ethics (CEE) Karenna Gore, the setting was not just symbolic. It was

We are excited to welcome Dr. Jordan Loewen-Colón and Renaldo M. Pearson, ACNP to Union as new mentors at the Technology, Innovation and Digital Engagement Lab (TIDEL). An AI alignment researcher and values-based design advocate, Jordan teaches AI Ethics and Policy at Queen’s University and co-founded the AI Alt Lab, which works with governments, startups,

How LRRP’s bold, pluralist vision extends Union Theological Seminary’s century-long mission of faith in action. When the Law, Rights & Religion Project (LRRP) moved from Columbia University’s Law School into its new home at Union Theological Seminary, it felt less like a relocation and more like a reunion. For more than a century, Union has

Union Theological Seminary joined fellow faith institutions across New York City to co-sponsor the New York City Interfaith Mayoral Candidate Forum, a powerful evening of dialogue on how our city’s next mayor might lead with justice, compassion, and accountability. Whether or not you could attend in person, we invite you now to watch the full

When Union alum, Rev. Dr Scott Rennie ’99 was installed as Minister of Saint Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh this May—the historic heart of Scottish Presbyterianism—he stood at a pulpit once occupied by the likes of John Knox. For many ministers in the Church of Scotland, such a moment might be seen as a career pinnacle.

When Union trustee, The Very Rev. Winnie Varghese ’99 was announced as the 12th Dean of the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine in April of this year, it marked a deeply significant moment in the life of the Episcopal Church and the broader faith community. Her appointment as an out queer woman of

“Rev. Dr. James Cone’s fidelity to dignity and justice for Black people is unrelenting. He is one of the strongest deconstructors of whiteness that we have seen in America.” These are the words of Dr. Dianne Stewart – a Union alumna and the Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Religion & African American Studies at Emory